The Fun Factory Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 (edited) On 13/06/2022 at 11:03, PaulMcGrath_5 said: Well, this statement is based purely upon the made up stuff you said at the beginning.. Pardon? It was definitely mentioned at the time that the club thought it was a good price when we bought Sanson in the January window as his contract was running out. But as he hasn't never really played much and it looks like we want to get rid of him in the long run it has not been a good purchase. That isn't made up. I haven't got a crystal ball but it looks like Gerrard doesn't rate him and he will be off in the summer. There were numerous chances at the end of the season that he could have go some game time but he didn't. Edited June 15, 2022 by The Fun Factory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrath_5 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Just now, The Fun Factory said: Pardon? It was definitely mentioned at the time that the club thought it was a good price when we bought Sanson in the January window as his contract was running out. But as he hasn't never really played much and it looks like we want to get rid of him in the long run it has not been a good purchase. That isn't made up. I've moved on now mate, too late. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Part of me wonders if Gerrard had voiced concerns with Sanson regarding a lack of steel in the team last season, hence why McGinn played every minute. I wonder if he's been assured of more game time this coming season, in what will surely be a better balanced side. Either that, or he'll be sold in the next few weeks I certainly hope it's the former though, as he looks a very capable player technically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anything11 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Part of me wonders if Gerrard had voiced concerns with Sanson regarding a lack of steel in the team last season, hence why McGinn played every minute. I wonder if he's been assured of more game time this coming season, in what will surely be a better balanced side. Either that, or he'll be sold in the next few weeks I certainly hope it's the former though, as he looks a very capable player technically. That's the optimistic take for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 5 million euros! Turkish clubs are taking us to the cleaners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tomaszk Posted June 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 24, 2022 Anyone paying £5m is getting a bargain. Farce he's never got more game time. Poor poor showing from Smith and Gerrard. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted June 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 24, 2022 Has he gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stegzy Posted June 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2022 Pretty sure if he can stay injury free we’ve got a hell of a player on our hands. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrBlack Posted June 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2022 Not playing Sanson more is about the second worst thing I can think we've done (the first being not playing Buendia more). If we wanted him gone, we could have easily given him 10 or 15 minute cameos that would have put him in the shop window and seen other clubs realise that actually he isn't a waste of a spot. If we see something in him and want to keep him, why was he not replacing McGinn in those last 20 minutes where his fitness has dropped off a cliff. It's a truly bizarre situation. Traoré and Bailey clearly had their fitness issues and were competing for spots that didn't match their ideal position anyway, so possibly more understandable how they didn't get so much time. Sanson is a real mystery case for me. If we sell him for anything less than what we paid, we've had a mare. Especially given we supposedly got him way below market value. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 43 minutes ago, MrBlack said: Not playing Sanson more is about the second worst thing I can think we've done (the first being not playing Buendia more). If we wanted him gone, we could have easily given him 10 or 15 minute cameos that would have put him in the shop window and seen other clubs realise that actually he isn't a waste of a spot. If we see something in him and want to keep him, why was he not replacing McGinn in those last 20 minutes where his fitness has dropped off a cliff. It's a truly bizarre situation. Traoré and Bailey clearly had their fitness issues and were competing for spots that didn't match their ideal position anyway, so possibly more understandable how they didn't get so much time. Sanson is a real mystery case for me. If we sell him for anything less than what we paid, we've had a mare. Especially given we supposedly got him way below market value. Gotta say i completely agree, 100% with this. My mind literally boggles as to the reasons for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 10 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Gotta say i completely agree, 100% with this. My mind literally boggles as to the reasons for it. I suspect we'll never find out why. Still holding out hope we see what all the hype was about, while he's playing for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: I can see him going and doing well to be fair. Shame. Some players, just don't work out at certain clubs. Right Player, wrong time, wrong team, wrong system, wrong Managers, unfortunately times injuries etc etc. It will never make sense to me. Played well nearly every time he got a chance. I'd rather have him at Villa than Gerrard I can tell you that. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: It will never make sense to me. Played well nearly every time he got a chance. I'd rather have him at Villa than Gerrard I can tell you that. In fairness he never really featured under Deano either, but let's not have that argument as I know the feels already! But yeah he's never done anything for me to understand why he hasn't been involved. Which is why I've had to wonder if there's an attitude but who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: In fairness he never really featured under Deano either, but let's not have that argument as I know the feels already! But yeah he's never done anything for me to understand why he hasn't been involved. Which is why I've had to wonder if there's an attitude but who knows. He played 9 of the 16 games he was available under Smith. He has been involved in 10 out of 26 games under Gerrard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Zatman said: He played 9 of the 16 games he was available under Smith. He has been involved in 10 out of 26 games under Gerrard Here we go . So he played roughly 45 percent of games under Gerrard, and 55 percent under Smith. ( 50 percent average ) Now I'd be interested to see who played instead of him in those games, under both Managers. I've got a sneaky feeling it will have been the same players under both. Lol Edited June 28, 2022 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zatman Posted June 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Here we go . So he played roughly 45 percent of games under Gerrard, and 55 percent under Smith. ( 50 percent average ) Now I'd be interested to see who played instead of him in those games, under both Managers. I've got a sneaky feeling it will have been the same players under both. Lol singular, a blind spot for both managers 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted June 29, 2022 Author Share Posted June 29, 2022 Seems to be gathering a bit of pace, albeit not sure I’ve seen a credible source mention it. Maybe I have and missed it. Either way, it’s clear he has no future here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 I hope it’s all just empty speculation and he ends up staying 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Whenever I’ve seen him play he’s looked ok, nothing special. You’d think he probably has more to offer if given a chance but then maybe he hasn’t and what we see is what we get? Not too fussed about him leaving to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrath_5 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 "Final stages" according to this Turkish journalist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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